Partially Ionized Plasmas in Astrophysics (PIPA2025)

The program will be divides in 3 broad sections on the following subjects:

1. Fundamental atomic and energy transport in partially ionised plasmas: charge exchange, radiation transport, chemical reactions, etc
2. Fundamental dynamical processes in partially ionised plasmas: waves, instabilities, dynamo, turbulence, etc.
3. Observations and modelling of space and astrophysical partially ionised plasmas

The program will contain invited lectures, keynote and contributed talks. We do not expect poster contributions.

The details of the program will be posted soon.

1. Meers Oppenheim, Boston University, USA

2. Ben Snow, University of Exeter, UK

3. David Martínez-Gómez, University of Balearic Islands, Spain

4. Fulvia Pucci, NASA, USA

5. Benoit Commercon, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, France

6. Kristina Lynch, Dartmouth College, USA

7. Paul Song, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA

• Registration fee for Meeting participants : 300 Euros
• Reduced registration fee for students : 200 Euros
• Registration fee for accompanying persons : 120 Euros

The registration is done in TWO steps:

• (1) filling the registration and abstract form ;
• (2) Payment of the registration fee, after you are informed that the abstract has been accepted

The registration fee for participants includes:

• Conference material
• Conference Dinner
• Refreshment during breaks, Morning and Evening Coffee
• Conference excursion
• Lunches from Monday to Friday

The registration fee for the accompanying persons includes:

• Conference Dinner
• Conference excursion

Payment options include:

• Credit card: Visa or Mastercard
• Vipps

Thanks to the received support from our Sponsors, the Organisers of the meeting are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of registration fee waivers to qualified applicants (PhD students). If financial concerns will keep you from attending the meeting, you are invited to apply by filling in the justification box below. The criteria for selection include scientific merit (based on the submitted abstract and application) and demonstrated financial need, fulfilling the following conditions:

• Only PhD students and early career researchers are eligible for fee waivers.

• An application for fee waiver must be sent no later than the registration deadline. Waiver applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

• The waivers are decided by the whole SOC, taking into account the criteria listed in the description and any other relevant considerations. The decision will be communicated by email to all applicants (successful and unsuccessful) by organisers shortly after the registration deadline has passed. Unsuccessful applicants will have 1 week to settle the registration fees.

• In order to receive the waiver, the successful applicant must pre-register for the conference.

• The waivers are valid only for the successful applicant and may not be transferred to another participant. Recipients of the conference fee waiver will be notified via email.

Thanks to the received support from our Sponsors, the Organisers of the meeting are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of registration fee waivers to qualified applicants (PhD students and early career researchers).

The conference will be held in Søndre Allmenning 1, in the UiB Læringsarena building, located in the center of Bergen at Nygårdsgaten 5.

The conference venue is easily accessible by public transport from Bergen airport by light rail (1) or bus (FB50) and it is located at the walking distance from the hotels recommended by LOC .

Rooms have been pre-booked at the following two hotels at the negotiated price. The hotels are situated within walking distance from the conference venue.

Zander K Hotel (30 rooms)

• Single room kr. 1.016
• Double room kr. 1.316

Grand Hotel Terminus (15 rooms)

• Single room kr. 1.166
• Double room kr. 1.466

Clarion Hotel Admiral (30 rooms)

• Double room kr. 1.790 (price for one person, + kr. 200 for extra person)

In order to make use of the special prices please contact the hotels BEFORE 7th of JULY for the first two options (Zander K and Terminus) and BEFORE 18th of JULY for the third (Clarion) using the instructions which will be sent to you after you fill the Registration and abstract submission form.

Alternatively, Bergen offers a wide variety of other hotels and accomodation options to be booked via standard platforms.

Bergen has an airport situated at approximately 15 km from the city center. The city can be easily reached from the airport using public transport, for example the light rail (line 1) or the bus number FB50. You can find more information about the timetable, prices and tickets on the official website. The airport can be also reached by car (taxi, Uber).

In addition to air travel, the city is accessible by road, rail, and boat. You can find information about the train timetables, prices and tickets on the vy.no website. There are many boat companies, Norled being one which has many destinations close to Bergen.

Visa

No visa is required for citizens of countries of the European Union.

Please check this website to see if you require a visa to enter Norway, or contact the nearest Norway Embassy/Consulate in your country.

This must be done several months before the conference is set to take place, since visa applications can take some time.

If you require a visa, please contact the organizers to request a letter of invitation with the following information:

• Full name, passport number and country of issue.
• Institution and preliminary title of communication.
• Full mailing address and a fax number to send the letter.
• Names and passport numbers of your accompanying persons, if any.
• Exact dates of arrival and departure, and the name of the hotel in which you are going to stay.

Please, be sure to provide your name and the names of your accompanying persons exactly as written in the passports.

Touring Bergen and Surroundings
Bergen is a beautiful city by the fjords, surrounded by majestic mountains. A walking tour of Bergen of approximately 3-hour duration will be organized in the afternoon on Wednesday, September 3rd.

Conference Dinner
A conference dinner will be organized. The place and time of the dinner will be posted soon.

Tourist Information

• Tourist information about Bergen can be found online. The brochure about the city  can be downloaded here.
• If you’re planning a hiking trip, UT.no webpage provides information on trails and huts across Norway.
• If you love relaxing in a sauna and then cooling off in the sea, you can try a floating sauna.

Photo:

B.P. Braileanu

• PIPA2012 (Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain)
• PIPA2016 (La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain)
• PIPA2019 (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
• PIPA2022 (Budapest, Hungary)